2024-25 TSDA Committees

Executive Committee
David Cooke, President
Stephen Yang, President-Elect
Jon Nesbitt, Secretary/Treasurer
Andrea J. Carpenter, Immediate Past President
Cherie Erkmen, Councilor
Shari Meyerson, Councilor
Rita Milewski, Councilor
Richard Mainwaring, Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Chair
Ahmet Kilic, Early Specialization Committee Chair
Adam Doty, Executive Director

Finance Committee
Jon Nesbitt, Secretary/Treasurer, Chair
Aditya Bansal
Thomas Fabian
Stephanie Fuller
Shari Meyerson
Rita Milewski
Stephen Yang

Congenital Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Committee
Stephanie Fuller, Chair
Emile Bacha
Neil Cambronero
John Cleveland
Pirooz Eghtesady
Francis Fynn-Thompson
James Jaggers
Tara Karamlou
Richard Mainwaring
David Mauchley
Michael Monge
David Morales
Victor Morell
James O’Brien
Jennifer Romano
Subhadra Shashidharan
Joseph Turek
Andrew Goldstone
Constantine Mavroudis
John Mayer
Emmet Dean Mckenzie
Fawwaz Shaw

In-Training Exam Committee
Ravi Ghanta, Chair
Matthew Romano, Cardiac Subcommittee Chair
Aundrea Oliver, Thoracic Subcommittee Chair
Richard D. Mainwaring, Congenital Subcommittee Chair

Cardiac Subcommittee
Matthew Romano, Cardiac Subcommittee Chair
Muhammad Aftab
Castigliano Bhamidipati
Marisa Cevasco
Abdul Elnaggar
Woodrow J Farrington II
Toshinobu Kazui
Anthony Lemaire
Scott Lick
Walter McGregor
David Rabkin
Gary Raff
Gregory Rushing
Alex B. Schutz
Corinne Tan
Nicholas Teman
Frederick Tibayan
Panos Vardas
Berhane Worku
Pyongsoo (David) Yoon
James Yun

General Thoracic Subcommittee
Aundrea Oliver, Thoracic Subcommittee Chair
Mara B Antonoff
Cherie Erkmen
Thomas Fabian
Nicole M. Geissen
Barry Gibney
Lyall Gorenstein
Doraid Jarrar
Peter Kneuertz
Kiran Lagisetty
Vincent Mase
Simran Randhawa
Hai Salfity
Dean Schraufnagel
Rona Spector
Shelby Stewart
Monisha Sudarshan
Jeffrey Velotta

Congenital Subcommittee
Richard Mainwaring, Chair
Aaron Abarbanell
Claude Beatty
Pirooz Eghtesady
Jeremy Herrmann
Josh Hermsen
Tara Karamlou
Debora Kozik
Madonna Lee
Constantine Mavroudis
Jim O’Brien
Mark Roeser
Matthew Stone
Jack Wallen

Early Specialization Committee
Ahmet Kilic, Chair
Kristen Freeman, Vice Chair
Kathleen Berfield
Luis Godoy
Matthew Henn
Jeffrey Javidfar
Scott LeMaire
Sara Pereira
David Rabkin
Hai Salfity
Mansi Shah
Vikram Sood
Robert Sorabella
Nicholas Teman

Faculty Development Committee (ad hoc)
Sara Pereira, Chair
Kiran Lagisetty, Vice Chair
DuyKhanh Ceppa
Caitlyn Demarest
Cherie Erkmen
Nicole M. Geissen
Amie Kent
Anthony Lemaire
Panos Vardas
Pyongsoo (David) Yoon

Thoracic Education Cooperative Group (TECoG)

Kirsten Freeman, Chair
Mara B Antonoff, Vice Chair
Amit Bhargava, Secretary
Castigliano Bhamidipati, TSRA Liaison
Kathleen Berfield
Alejandro Bribriesco
Philip Carrott
David Tom Cooke
Robert Dabal
Desmond D’Souza
Steven Eisenberg
Thomas Fabian
Dana Ferrari-Light
Amy Fiedler
Nicole Geissen
Scott Halbreiner
Matthew Henn
James Huang
Jessica L. Hudson
Doraid Jarrar
Lyle Joyce
Amie Kent
Min Kim
Kiran Lagisetty
Paul Linsky
Jessica Luc
Natalie Lui
Vincent Mase
Melissa Go Medina
Brian Mitzman
David Odell
Ikenna Okereke
Aundrea Oliver
Mark Orringer
Anthony Perez-Tamayo
Roman Petrov
Rishindra Reddy
Brett Reece
Scott Reznik
Gregory Rushing
Dean Schraufnagel
Matthew Schuchert
Aleem Siddique
Shelby Stewart
Monisha Sudarshan
Ibrahim Sultan
Frederick Tibayan
Betty Tong
Simon Turner
Ara A. Vaporciyan
Elliot Wakeam
Daniel Wiener
Jennifer Wilson
Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos
Pyongsoo (David) Yoon
Sanford Zeigler

Nominating Committee
Sandra Starnes, Chair
Andrea J. Carpenter
Nicole M. Geissen, Elected Member
Sara J. Pereira, Appointed Member
Ara A. Vaporciyan

Professionalism and Ethics Committee
John Mayer, Chair
Emmanuel Daon, Vice Chair
Marisa Cevasco
Anthony Perez-Tamayo
Rita C. Milewski
Deborah Kozik

TSDA 50^th Anniversary Committee (ad hoc)

Stephen C. Yang, Chair
Andrea J. Carpenter
David Tom Cooke
Ara A. Vaporciyan

Program Coordinator Committee (ad hoc)
Carolyn Grissom, Chair
Cynthia Gordon, Vice Chair
Elizabeth Agraz-Sanchez
Amanda N. Bennett
Julie Boehm
Mari Collings
Carol Daunais-Kurpis
Patti Fluhrer
Katie Fuhs
Stephanie Kidd
Gretchen Lynch
April Rampersad
Hemali Shah